# 溜

| 溜 | U+6E9C, &#28316; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6E9C |
| ← 溛 [U+6E9B] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 溝 → [U+6E9D] |
| 溜 | U+F9CB, &#63947; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9CB |
| ← 流 [U+F9CA] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs | 琉 → [U+F9CC] |

## Translingual
### Han character

溜 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 水竹竹田 (EHHW), four-corner 3716$_2$, composition ⿰氵留)

#### Derived characters

* 𥵄, 𦽾, 𩆎, 𫬂

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 639, character 33
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17943
* Dae Jaweon: page 1046, character 21
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1703, character 9
* Unihan data for U+6E9C
* Unihan data for U+F9CB

## Chinese

* 溜

### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 卯 | *mruːʔ |
| 昴 | *mruːʔ |
| 泖 | *mruːʔ |
| 茆 | *mruːʔ, *m·ruʔ |
| 奅 | *m̥ʰruːs |
| 窌 | *m̥ʰruːs, *m·ruː, *m·rus |
| 聊 | *m·rɯːw |
| 貿 | *mlus |
| 鄮 | *mlus |
| 劉 | *m·ru |
| 留 | *m·ru, *m·rus |
| 蒥 | *m·ru |
| 鶹 | *m·ru |
| 騮 | *m·ru |
| 榴 | *m·ru |
| 瑠 | *ru |
| 瘤 | *m·ru, *m·rus |
| 遛 | *m·ru |
| 鎦 | *m·ru |
| 飀 | *m·ru |
| 鰡 | *m·ru |
| 嵧 | *m·ru |
| 餾 | *m·ru, *m·rus |
| 瀏 | *m·ru, *m·ruʔ |
| 懰 | *m·ru, *m·ruʔ |
| 柳 | *m·ruʔ |
| 珋 | *m·ruʔ |
| 罶 | *m·ruʔ |
| 嬼 | *m·ruʔ, *m·rus |
| 溜 | *m·rus |
| 霤 | *m·rus |
| 廇 | *m·rus |
| 塯 | *m·rus |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *m·rus) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 留 (OC *m·ru, *m·rus) – name of a river.

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): liū (liu$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): lau$^6$ / lau$^4$ / liu$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): liu
    (Teochew, Peng'im): liu$^1$ / liu$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$lieu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: liū
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: liou
*** Wade–Giles: liu$^1$
*** Yale: lyōu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lhiou
*** Palladius: лю (lju)
*** Sinological IPA : /li̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lau$^6$ / lau$^4$ / liu$^1$
*** Yale: lauh / làuh / līu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lau$^6$ / lau$^4$ / liu$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: leo$^6$ / leo$^4$ / liu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɐu̯²²/, /lɐu̯²¹/, /liːu̯⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liu
*** Tâi-lô: liu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: liw
*** IPA (Xiamen): /liu⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /liu³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /liu⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /liu⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /liu⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: liu$^1$ / liu$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: liu / liù
*** Sinological IPA : /liu³³/, /liu²¹³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$lieu
*** MiniDict: 'lieu$^平$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$'lieu
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /liɤ⁵³/

#### Definitions

溜
* to slide; to glide; to slip
* to sneak off; to sneak away; to escape
       Tā shénme shíhou liū jinlai de? [Pinyin]
       When did he sneak in?
* to pilfer; to steal; to snatch
* to fawn on; to curry favour with; to flatter
* to heat up slightly
* (alt. form 熘) (cooking) to add starch and quickly fry under high heat
* expressive suffix appended to adjectives, often used in the reduplicated form 溜溜
* (literary, or in compounds) slippery

##### Synonyms

* (slippery):
* 光溜 (guāngliu) (colloquial)
* 光滑 (guānghuá)
* 平滑 (pínghuá)
* 滑
* 滑溜溜 (huáliūliū) (ideophonic)
* 滑潤 / 滑润 (huárùn)
* 細膩 / 细腻 (xìnì)
* 𨤡 / 𬪺 (guang$^4$) (Sichuanese)

#### Compounds

* 一不溜
* 下溜頭 / 下溜头
* 丟溜 / 丢溜
* 中不溜兒 / 中不溜儿
* 光出溜
* 光溜溜 (guāngliūliū)
* 冷眼溜冰
* 刺溜
* 合溜
* 吐溜
* 唧溜
* 哧溜 (chīliū)
* 尖溜溜
* 急溜
* 打滴溜
* 擠眉溜眼 / 挤眉溜眼
* 明滴溜
* 清潔溜溜 / 清洁溜溜
* 滑不嘰溜 / 滑不叽溜
* 溜之乎也
* 溜之大吉 (liūzhīdàjí)
* 溜光
* 溜冰 (liūbīng)
* 溜冰團 / 溜冰团
* 溜冰場 / 溜冰场 (liūbīngchǎng)
* 溜冰鞋 (liūbīngxié)
* 溜刷
* 溜圓 / 溜圆 (liūyuán)
* 溜掉
* 溜搭
* 溜撒
* 溜槽
* 溜油光
* 溜湫
* 溜滑
* 溜溜兒 / 溜溜儿
* 溜溝子 / 溜沟子 (liū gōuzi)
* 溜滑板
* 溜溜秋秋
* 溜溜轉 / 溜溜转 (liūliūzhuàn)
* 溜的
* 溜眼睛
* 溜肩膀 (liūjiānbǎng)
* 溜脫 / 溜脱
* 溜號 / 溜号
* 溜走 (liūzǒu)
* 溜邊 / 溜边 (liūbiān)
* 溜邊兒 / 溜边儿 (liūbiānr)
* 溜門子的 / 溜门子的
* 溜韁 / 溜缰
* 溜骨髓
* 溜鬚 / 溜须 (liūxū)
* 溜鬚拍馬 / 溜须拍马 (liūxūpāimǎ)
* 滴溜
* 滴溜兒 / 滴溜儿
* 滴溜撲 / 滴溜扑
* 滴溜溜
* 滴溜溜撲 / 滴溜溜扑
* 滾瓜溜圓 / 滚瓜溜圆
* 灰不溜丟 / 灰不溜丢
* 灰溜溜 (huīliūliū)
* 烏溜溜 / 乌溜溜
* 的溜撲碌 / 的溜扑碌
* 的溜溜
* 的溜骨碌
* 矮巴溜丟 / 矮巴溜丢
* 競速溜冰 / 竞速溜冰
* 緊溜 / 紧溜
* 緊溜兒的 / 紧溜儿的
* 緊溜子裡 / 紧溜子里
* 老溜
* 老鯽溜 / 老鲫溜
* 花不溜丟 / 花不溜丢
* 花式溜冰 (huāshì liūbīng)
* 街溜子
* 說溜了嘴 / 说溜了嘴
* 輪式溜冰 / 轮式溜冰
* 迷溜沒亂 / 迷溜没乱
* 道成溜
* 遮溜子
* 酸不溜丟 / 酸不溜丢 (suānbuliūdiū)
* 酸巴溜丟 / 酸巴溜丢
* 酸溜溜 (suānliūliū)
* 開溜 / 开溜
* 順口溜 / 顺口溜 (shùnkǒuliū)
* 順順溜溜 / 顺顺溜溜
* 飛溜 / 飞溜
* 馬溜子 / 马溜子
* 馬溜子船 / 马溜子船
* 骨溜溜
* 鯽溜 / 鲫溜
* 麻溜
* 黑不溜丟 / 黑不溜丢

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): liù (liu$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): lau$^6$
* Eastern Min (BUC): léu
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): liū
    (Teochew, Peng'im): liu$^3$ / lao$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: liù
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: liòu
*** Wade–Giles: liu$^4$
*** Yale: lyòu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liow
*** Palladius: лю (lju)
*** Sinological IPA : /li̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: lau$^6$
*** Yale: lauh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: lau$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: leo$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɐu̯²²/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: léu
*** Sinological IPA : /l̃iɛu²¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liū
*** Tâi-lô: liū
*** Phofsit Daibuun: liu
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /liu⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /liu²²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: liu$^3$ / lao$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: liù / làu
*** Sinological IPA : /liu²¹³/, /lau²¹³/
* literally - liu3;
* vernacular - lao3.
* Middle Chinese: ljuwH
Rime :
| Character | 溜 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 尤 (136) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 力救切 |
| Baxter | ljuwH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /lɨu$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /liu$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /liəu$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /luw$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /liu$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /lĭəu$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /li̯ə̯u$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | liù |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | lau$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*m·rus/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 溜 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 8906 |
| Phonetic component | 卯 |
| Rime group | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 溜 |
| Old Chinese | /*m·rus/ |

#### Definitions

溜
* (～水) archaic name for the Liu River in modern-day Guangxi Province
* (of water or other liquids) to flow downwards; to drip; to dribble
* water drop or water stream
* Alternative form of 霤 (liù, “eavesdrop; part of the eaves where rainwater drips down; eaves gutter”)
* swift current; rapids
* (of water) rapid; swift and violent
* (of an action) quick; swift; speedy; prompt
* to shoot a glance at; to cast a sidelong glance at
* Alternative form of 遛 (“to stroll; to saunter”)
* to summon; to call for; to send for
* Classifier for objects arranged in lines, rows or strings.
* surroundings; neighborhood
* (dialectal) to fill slits with viscous substance
       Wǒ hē diǎnr zhōu liùliu fèngr! [Pinyin]
       I'll have some congee and fill the gaps [between the food I've eaten in the stomach]!

#### Compounds

* 一大溜
* 一溜
* 一溜兒 / 一溜儿 (yīliùr)
* 一溜子
* 一溜歪斜 (yīliùwāixié)
* 一溜煙 / 一溜烟 (yīliùyān)
* 一溜風 / 一溜风
* 山溜穿石
* 懸溜 / 悬溜
* 摭溜子
* 放溜
* 沒溜兒 / 没溜儿
* 溜兒 / 溜儿
* 溜子 (liùzi)
* 溜溜
* 溜縫兒 / 溜缝儿
* 溜達 / 溜达
* 簷溜 / 檐溜
* 這溜兒 / 这溜儿
* 那溜兒 / 那溜儿
* 隨大溜 / 随大溜 (suídàliù)
* 隨溜兒 / 随溜儿

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* collect
* gather

#### Readings

* Go-on: る (ru)
* Kan-on: りゅう (ryū)
* Kun: たまる (tamaru, 溜まる)、たまる (tamaru, 溜る)、たまり (tamari, 溜まり)、ためる (tameru, 溜める)、ため (tame, 溜)、したたる (shitataru, 溜る)

## Korean
### Hanja

溜 • (ryu>yu) (hangeul 류>유, revised ryu>yu, McCune–Reischauer ryu>yu, Yale lyu>yu)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

溜: Hán Nôm readings: lưu, lựu, rượu
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